News Scan

42,000 Immigrants in Federal Prisons: Federal officials reported Tuesday that as of June 24th, 22% of federal prison inmates were aliens who entered the U.S. illegally or who are subject to deportation. Stephen Dinan of the Washington Times reports that while roughly 13.5% of the U.S. population are foreign born, aliens are significantly over represented for committing federal crimes. Among the 42,000 in federal lockup are some foreign citizens who once had legal status but, by committing serious crimes, are losing that status and become targets for deportation. Efforts are underway to determine how many foreign nationals are currently housed in state prisons and local jails.

Dreamer Arrested For Brutal Rape: A 23-year-old Mexican national has been arrested for the June 25 rape of a 19-year-old woman in the Seattle suburb of Burien. Dan Springer of Fox News reports that Salvador Diaz-Garcia entered the U.S. illegally and was granted "dreamer" status in 2013 under President Obama's Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals program. He had groped the victim a month earlier, but became violent last week when she was working out in her apartment complex gym, raping her and beating her severely enough to knock out some of her teeth. Diaz-Garcia is also facing charges for molesting a 14-year-old girl earlier the same day as the rape. Like Seattle, the community of Burien is a sanctuary city.

Probationer Shoots Two CA Cops: A habitual criminal on probation, classified under California law as a non-serious, non-violent offender, shot two Los Banos police officers before being fatally injured by return fire Tuesday. Brianna Calix and Vikaas Shanker of the Los Banos Enterprise report that there were restraining orders against Norberto Nieblas-Reyes from his estranged wife and the owner of her apartment for previous incidents when he climbed into her apartment through a window at 6:18 a.m. He attacked responding officers, and grabbed one of their guns before shooting one officer in the chest, and the other in the head, torso and leg. Both are expected to recover. Nieblas-Reyes had multiple priors for DUI, drug possession, assaults on police officers, and spousal abuse.